CLS Files Briefs in the Sixth and Tenth Circuits
February 19, 2013 - CLS filed two amicus in HHS mandate cases. The briefs support of Christian business owners' rights to follow their religious convictions when providing insurance coverage for employees. The brief was filed in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius the Tenth Circuit (Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming) and Autocam v. Sebelius in the Sixth Circuit (Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee).
The brief explains why the HHS Mandate's definition of "religious employers" sharply departs from the American bipartisan tradition of respecting religious conscience rights. Joining the CLS brief are: Association of Gospel Rescue Missions; Prison Fellowship Ministries; Association of Christian Schools International; National Association of Evangelicals; Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; and the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance. The C12 Group, an organization that equips Christian business executive, joined the brief in the Tenth Circuit.